Yaya
Toure’s agent has criticised Pep Guardiola for humiliating the midfielder by
leaving him out of Manchester City’s squad for the Champions League group
stages.
The 33-year-old Ivory Coast international
has failed to make any of City’s match-day squads for their first three Premier
League games of the season with Guardiola saying Toure needs to improve his
work rate without the ball.
Joe Hart’s loan move to Torino meant City
were unable to fill the eight home-grown spots required by UEFA as part of
their 25-man squad, and as a result they have named only 21 players with Toure
missing out.
Though critical of Guardiola’s decision,
Toure’s agent Dimitri Seluk says his client remains determined to force his way
into the Spaniard’s plans.
“If he wins the
Champions League for City this season then I will travel to England and I will
say on television that Pep Guardiola is the best manager in the world,” Seluk
told Sunday Mirror Sport.
“But if City don’t
win the Champions League then I hope that Pep has got the balls to say that he
was wrong to humiliate a great player like Yaya.
“This is Pep’s
decision and we must respect it. Yaya is a professional and so he will do
everything he is asked to do.
“Perhaps Pep will
think he is good enough to play in the final 10 minutes of a League Cup game
against a third division team – and, yes, I am joking.
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